The Bakersfield Jr. Condors were a

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-sanctioned Junior A Tier III

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team based out of Bakersfield,

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. Their host facility was the

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. The Jr. Condors were members of the

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and played in the Western Division of the WSHL. The team joined the WSHL as an expansion team for the 2009–10 season along with the

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, Arizona RedHawks, and

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. The team would be moved to Ogden, Utah as the

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in 2011. Junior hockey would return to Bakersfield in 2022 with the Bakersfield Roughnecks of the USPHL. The players, ages 16–20, carried amateur status under Junior A guidelines and hoped to earn a spot on higher levels of junior ice hockey in the

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and

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, Canadian Major Junior, Collegiate, and eventually

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teams.

Season-by-season records

References

External links

Official Team Website

Official League Website
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